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shopping trolley

shopping trolley noun: a shopping cart.

shopping trolley: a shopping cart
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Noun

shopping trolley (plural shopping trolleys)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A shopping cart.
    • As Wal-Mart builds up its knowledge of what goes into your shopping trolley, it can aid the positioning of goods as well as the pricing of complementary goods.2007, Scott Moeller, Chris Brady, Intelligent M&A: Navigating the Mergers and Acquisitions Minefield, John Wiley, UK, 2011, unnumbered page
    • Children are often placed in shopping trolleys; in the designated seats as well as in the trolley itself.
      A fall from a shopping trolley is a regular occurrence, possibly due to diminished attention of the parents while shopping.2010, Rob A. C. Bilo, Simon G. F. Robben, Rick R. van Rijn, Forensic Aspects of Pediatric Fractures, Springer, page 123

Forms of shopping trolley

pluralshopping trolleys

Questions about shopping trolley

What does shopping trolley mean?
Shopping trolley means a shopping cart.
What part of speech is shopping trolley?
Shopping trolley is a noun.
What is the plural of shopping trolley?
The plural of shopping trolley is shopping trolleys.

Words near shopping trolley in the dictionary

  1. shopping nets
  2. shopping precinct
  3. shopping precincts
  4. shopping spree
  5. shopping sprees
  6. shopping trolley
  7. shopping trolleys
  8. shopping-bag ladies
  9. shopping-bag lady
  10. shoppings
  11. shoppish

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